title: Aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation and arteriovenous fistula in posterior fossa compression syndrome.
abstract: To discuss the problem of neuroradiological preoperative procedures in patients with therapy-resistant facial pain, we present 3 case examples of vascular processes in the cerebellopontine angle (aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, arteriovenous fistula). The microsurgical treatment in combination with artificial embolization is described. The vascular causes of microvascular compression at the root entry zone of the trigeminal nerve and malformations involving the nucleus caudalis are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mendelowitsch
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Radue
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gratzl
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008866:Microsurgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology